[Secesh]

>The actual secession ordinance that went before and was >approved by the voters listed several causes for >secession

GOP, I'd love to see the documents that you refer to. The Yankee apologists love to quote the Articles of Secession, particularly from the Gulf States who were more involved with slavery than the states that seceded later, after Lincoln demanded they help invade the former.

[GOPcapitalist]

Here's the causes section in its entirity as was approved by Texas voters:

"WHEREAS, The Federal Government has failed to accomplish the purposes of the compact of union between these States, in giving protection either to the persons of our people upon an exposed frontier, or to the property of our citizens, and

WHEREAS, the action of the Northern States of the Union is violative of the compact between the States and the guarantees of the Constitution; and,

WHEREAS, The recent developments in Federal affairs make it evident that the power of the Federal Government is sought to be made a weapon with which to strike down the interests and property of the people of Texas, and her sister slave-holding States, instead of permitting it to be, as was intended, our shield against outrage and aggression"

The actual document is online at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/earlystate/secess-doc.html